Incoming: Midnight Special
What starts as a race from religious extremists and local law enforcement quickly escalates to a nationwide manhunt involving the highest levels of the Federal Government. Risking everything, Roy is…
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Film Review: Couple In A Hole
Emotional trauma affects people in different ways, but the unexpected loss of a close family member can easily induce a psychological breakdown. Some people have a complete emotional collapse, some…
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Film Review: The Absent One
You’ve got to hand it to Scandinavians, they certainly know how to create compelling crime dramas. Nordic Noir dominates the crime sections of bookshops with the likes of Stieg Larsson,…
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Incoming: Ran
The final masterpiece from legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, Ran, which translates as ‘turmoil’, is Kurosawa’s meditation on Shakespeare’s King Lear crossed with the history of Japan’s 16th century Civil…
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Incoming: Black Mountain Poets
Two professional con artist sisters Lisa and Claire go on the run after being caught trying to steal a JCB. They decide to lie low by assuming the identities of…
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DVD Review: Jeruzalem
Innovations in technology, significantly driving down costs and allowing the entire post-production process to be carried out in your living room, have opened the gates of film-making up to a…
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DVD Review: Sunset Song
The translation of great works of literature to the big screen has rarely been a smooth one. Shakespeare has probably turned in his grave more often than any, but there…
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Incoming: Papusza
Papusza is based on the true story of the Roma poet Bronisława Wajs (1908-‐1987). The film follows Papusza’s life from birth to old age: arranged marriage as a small girl,…
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Incoming: Victoria
Victoria, a young woman from Madrid, meets four local guys outside a nightclub. Sonne and his friends are real Berliners who promise to show her a good time and the…
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Blu-ray Review: The Rainer Werner Fassbinder Collection
Rainer Werner Fassbinder will be an unfamiliar name to many but the German director was highly prolific, completing forty film in a career spanning just 15 years. He was possibly…
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